Reading Response 6: Politics and the English Language

In this reading by George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", it clearly shows what he is implying to is that the English language has changed within the years and it has changed to the worst thanks to political writings. Writers has became more vague and inept towards getting to a point or basically explaining what they are trying to convey. Ready made phrases are used to make a sentence instead of using or creating phrases by themselves because this is more easier for the writers. Orwell calls this meaningless words because, by his standards these words are just long sentences going on and on about something without really going to the point and this abuse makes the English language look very bad. Also, by using for example Latin words gives an impression that the writer has class and elegance in his writing, which however backfires and does not explain what they are trying to say, this actually moves his focus further away from the target of the topic.

Metaphor in this reading is mentioned over and over again because these dying metaphors that are used has lost its meaning and the writers blindly use this metaphors to describe what they are trying to say instead of actually thinking and describing something they are trying to explain using their very own words. Which also shows how the writer does not know what he or she is talking about and further proves that he has not interest in writing about the topic. These are basically the main causes of downfall in the English language. However, it is not too late to fix this, there are numerous ways to get our message across in a paper as a writer and it involves using the simplest words to explain conrete thoughts in our minds and not ready made phrases and unrelated metaphors.

After reading this paper, it made me realize how much I have been into this same loop hole of never ending explanation without ever getting to the point just to be able to impress readers with jargon words which are meaningless. With this help and new information I hope I will be able to avoid these common mistakes created by political writings to further improve my convey in thoughts.